James G. Stavridis Quotes
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If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.
D. B. Weiss -
For 'Breaking Bad,' people were with Walter White for 99% of that show, even though that guy is a monster.
Adam McKay -
Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.
Zach McGowan -
I wanted to write a story about colonization and about Hawaii. I went to college right at the height of identity politics, and that's how I always read 'The Tempest,' for example.
Hanya Yanagihara -
A president should look for what binds the people together rather than what drives them apart. As soon as you are identified with one side of the political map, you are no longer everybody's president.
Dan Shechtman -
Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.
Felix Baumgartner -
Eminem is more like a friend. And I'm also a fan on Eminem.
Obie Trice -
The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.
Adam Hicks -
Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.
Earl Weaver -
People have to do things in their own time, and that's what I did.
Nathan Lane -
I thrive on competition.
Natalie Massenet
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Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.
W. L. George -
No way in, go in, measure.
Samuel Beckett -
I have always known a thing before it happens.
Amy Tan -
Does choice exist when I see something very clearly?
Jiddu Krishnamurti -
What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things.
Margaret Mead -
I'm completely bathing suit-obsessed, and I love lurking on Instagram looking for the best bikinis.
Emily Ratajkowski
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'Saturday Night Fever,' Paula Abdul, 'Fame,' Debbie Allen... all affected me and the generation before me.
Laurieann Gibson -
A few people have privately voiced fears that on coming back to office I shall go after them. These fears are groundless. There will be no paying off old scores. The past is prologue.
Muhammadu Buhari -
Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament.
Paul de Man -
Rested commanders are the best commanders.
James G. Stavridis